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. >> we have learned that nancy pelosi is saying that senate leaders will try to craft a fiscal cliff deal. as ben said, they are not giving any details, no specifics, they're not going to, but nancy pelosi said it will try to craft some sort of deal to avoid heading off the edge of the fiscal cliff. >>> the outgoing prime minister mario monti said he will contest the general election in february. he will lead a coalition of supporting his reform agenda. his appointment last year as the head of the technocratic government sought to end the financial crisis. former prime minister silvio berlusconi is rounding out his new year with a divorce, pinning his ex-wife almost $4 million per month. he was accused of having relationships with young women. the venezuelan president hugo chavez cents a message of faith to his supporters from his hospital bed. the message said that well- wishers and supporters were helping his recovery following the cancer operation. there is been speculation over whether his health has left him fit to lead the country. >>> a 6-year-old british girl who was abducted
. >> we have learned that nancy pelosi is saying that senate leaders will try to craft a fiscal cliff deal. as ben said, they are not giving any details, no specifics, they're not going to, but nancy pelosi said it will try to craft some sort of deal to avoid heading off the edge of the fiscal cliff. >>> the outgoing prime minister mario monti said he will contest the general election in february. he will lead a coalition of supporting his reform agenda. his appointment last year...
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. >> we have learned that nancy pelosi is saying that senate leaders will try to craft a fiscal cliff deal. as ben said, they are not giving any details, no specifics, they're not going to, but nancy pelosi said it will try to craft some sort of deal to avoid heading off the edge of the fiscal cliff. >>> the outgoing prime minister mario monti said he will contest the general election in february. he will lead a coalition of supporting his reform agenda. his appointment last year as the head of the technocratic government sought to end the financial crisis. former prime minister silvio berlusconi is rounding out his new year with a divorce, pinning his ex-wife almost $4 million per month. he was accused of having relationships with young women. the venezuelan president hugo chavez cents a message of faith to his supporters from his hospital bed. the message said that well- wishers and supporters were helping his recovery following the cancer operation. there is been speculation over whether his health has left him fit to lead the country. >>> a 6-year-old british girl who was abducted
. >> we have learned that nancy pelosi is saying that senate leaders will try to craft a fiscal cliff deal. as ben said, they are not giving any details, no specifics, they're not going to, but nancy pelosi said it will try to craft some sort of deal to avoid heading off the edge of the fiscal cliff. >>> the outgoing prime minister mario monti said he will contest the general election in february. he will lead a coalition of supporting his reform agenda. his appointment last year...
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>> an urgent message from nancy pelosi. but it's casual friday for speaker boehner. >> this isn't a progress report bauds there's no progress to report. >> today's news, speaker boehner and president obama will be the only two at the table to make a deal. i'll ask emanuel cleaver if boehner can get it done. >>> 33 months of private sector job growth. now is the time to start spending on jobs. david cay johnston is here. >>> the filibuster is more than an embarrassing blunder. bernie sanders explains why. >>> the right to work in michigan has ignited a fire storm with workers. we'll have the latest on rick snider's race to the bottom. >>> and breaking news from the supreme court. there will be a decision on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. law professor jonathan terly has all the details. >> thanks for watching. john boehner isn't having a lot of fun this holiday season. president obama continues his pressure campaign to pass the tax cuts. the president is also taking time to be fesive. john boehner doesn't sound
>> an urgent message from nancy pelosi. but it's casual friday for speaker boehner. >> this isn't a progress report bauds there's no progress to report. >> today's news, speaker boehner and president obama will be the only two at the table to make a deal. i'll ask emanuel cleaver if boehner can get it done. >>> 33 months of private sector job growth. now is the time to start spending on jobs. david cay johnston is here. >>> the filibuster is more than an...
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nancy pelosi, let's pass the healthcare bill so we can see what is in it. the big thing that we need to concentrate on is getting back to 3% growth. this 2% growth, all of our fiscal problems are going to get worse. we only have a prayer of supplying more jobs, bringing down unemployment and braying down the deficit if we have 3% or greater. >> if we do it now, what both rich and steve are saying, the tempers at such a peak that we're bound to get a bad deal no matter what we get. >> i'm sympathetic to what steve is saying. you have complicated issues and it's hard to deal with them and we have days left. you are getting closer and closer to the next election. you know what they will wait until the last minute again. they won't confront the serious issue. we need to get it rolling. >> john, rick is big compromiser here. >> steve is always right. [ laughter ] >> if that isn't something. >> it's also true the simple truth that is haste makes bad laws. it gives us tarp or dodd-frank. let' push this into 20 13 and hope they can't pass anything then. >> it is tr
nancy pelosi, let's pass the healthcare bill so we can see what is in it. the big thing that we need to concentrate on is getting back to 3% growth. this 2% growth, all of our fiscal problems are going to get worse. we only have a prayer of supplying more jobs, bringing down unemployment and braying down the deficit if we have 3% or greater. >> if we do it now, what both rich and steve are saying, the tempers at such a peak that we're bound to get a bad deal no matter what we get....
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nancy pelosi, let's pass the healthcare bill so we can see what is in it. the big thing that we need to concentrate on is getting back to 3% growth. this 2% growth, all of our fiscal problems are going to get worse. we only have a prayer of supplying more jobs, bringing down unemployment and braying down the deficit if we have 3% or greater. >> if we do it now, what both rich and steve are saying, the tempers at such a peak that we're bound to get a bad deal no matter what we get. >> i'm sympathetic to what steve is saying. you have complicated issues and it's hard to deal with them and we have days left. you are getting closer and closer to the next election. you know what they will wait until the last minute again. they won't confront the serious issue. we need to get it rolling. >> john, rick is big compromiser here. >> steve is always right. [ laughter ] >> if that isn't something. >> it's also true the simple truth that is haste makes bad laws. it gives us tarp or dodd-frank. let's push this into 20 13 and hope they can't pass anything then. >> it is t
nancy pelosi, let's pass the healthcare bill so we can see what is in it. the big thing that we need to concentrate on is getting back to 3% growth. this 2% growth, all of our fiscal problems are going to get worse. we only have a prayer of supplying more jobs, bringing down unemployment and braying down the deficit if we have 3% or greater. >> if we do it now, what both rich and steve are saying, the tempers at such a peak that we're bound to get a bad deal no matter what we get....
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now they are back to sniping, speaker boehner and nancy pelosi and others going back and forth, that leads me to believe that things are falling apart, do you get that sense? >> we see here -- hear they are negotiating, we'll get a deal, then we hear the fighting going on, if the fighting continues, we're not getting a deal. i don't want a deal if it is just the same old deal that is not good for america. neil: do you worry, as i guy has been around the neck of the woods for a few years, that republicans are losing their verve. some more conservative members have said we lost an election but we did not lose everything that we stand for, yet, everything i hear talked about, are concessions on part of the republicans about revenues, but not so much about spending cuts, where does that put us. >> if we lose our core principle, reigning in spending and creating, be the job creators we'll lose our way the republicans. neil: you don't see the makings of a deal? we're tries to get a sense of the structure right now. you have to have the broad outline of the deal within a couple of days, any
now they are back to sniping, speaker boehner and nancy pelosi and others going back and forth, that leads me to believe that things are falling apart, do you get that sense? >> we see here -- hear they are negotiating, we'll get a deal, then we hear the fighting going on, if the fighting continues, we're not getting a deal. i don't want a deal if it is just the same old deal that is not good for america. neil: do you worry, as i guy has been around the neck of the woods for a few years,...
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whether or not you like what nancy pelosi stands for, as a speaker of the house, nancy pelosi was good at her job. john boehner is not good at his job. we've ventured this as a hypothesis very early on in his speakership, i mean right from the beginning. it seemed like there might be something amiss, right? on the first day as speaker, he tried to have republicans pull off the stunt where they would read the whole constitution from the floor of the house. but even on day one, john boehner could not manage his own symbolic gesture. they skipped parts of the constitution. they skipped parts they did not like. and some parts they skipped because they were reading it out of a loose leaf binder and the pages stuck together. right then we should have known that was a bad sign. john boehner did not even succeed in getting all of his members sworn in when he took over as speaker. two new republican members of congress went to a reception and missed the swearing in. they apparently saw it happening on a tv screen that was playing at the reception, and they sort of tried to swear themselves in b
whether or not you like what nancy pelosi stands for, as a speaker of the house, nancy pelosi was good at her job. john boehner is not good at his job. we've ventured this as a hypothesis very early on in his speakership, i mean right from the beginning. it seemed like there might be something amiss, right? on the first day as speaker, he tried to have republicans pull off the stunt where they would read the whole constitution from the floor of the house. but even on day one, john boehner could...
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we are waiting on a press conference from minority leader nancy pelosi. as soon as she gets to the podium we'll take you there live and see what miss pelosi has to say about all of this. if the house is going to plan "b," should investors have a plan "b" now? we find out now in our "closing bell" exchange. luds let's go to minority leader pelosi. >> there's still time for us to come to an agreement, and i hope that that time will be well used. in the last 24 hours the question that i get from my could you cause and from some of you is what is the speaker trying to prove by going to his -- what we call plan "b" befuddled? is he trying to prove by bringing the two bills to the floor tomorrow that the republicans are here to protect the wealthiest people in our country at the expense of the middle class? if so, he will do that tomorrow. is he here to prove that he doesn't care about going over the cliff? if so, he will do that tomorrow unless he leaves from that debate and goes into the room to negotiate with the president. is he here to prove that he doesn'
we are waiting on a press conference from minority leader nancy pelosi. as soon as she gets to the podium we'll take you there live and see what miss pelosi has to say about all of this. if the house is going to plan "b," should investors have a plan "b" now? we find out now in our "closing bell" exchange. luds let's go to minority leader pelosi. >> there's still time for us to come to an agreement, and i hope that that time will be well used. in the last 24...
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president obama, john boehner, nancy pelosi and harry reid, many mitch -- mitch mcconnell all in one room. danielle nottingham tells us it maybe the last chance to get any kind of agreement to avoid that fiscal cliff. >> reporter: president obama is meeting today at the white house with top congressional democrats harry reid and nancy pelosi and leading republicans mitch mcconnell and john boehner. it's the president's first meeting with congressional leaders since november 16th. the closed door discussions are an attempt to reach a last minute agreement to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases due to kick in january 1st. >> probably the worst case scenario will come out of this meeting today and that is we will kick the can down the road. >> reporter: senator bob courter told cbs this morning he predicts the meeting will bring only a temporary solution. >> this afternoon's meeting feels much to me like optics to make it look like we're doing something. let me just say one more time this is a total dereliction of duty at every level. >> reporter: going over the cliff would
president obama, john boehner, nancy pelosi and harry reid, many mitch -- mitch mcconnell all in one room. danielle nottingham tells us it maybe the last chance to get any kind of agreement to avoid that fiscal cliff. >> reporter: president obama is meeting today at the white house with top congressional democrats harry reid and nancy pelosi and leading republicans mitch mcconnell and john boehner. it's the president's first meeting with congressional leaders since november 16th. the...
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he said that before, and poor nancy pelosi has to go out and whip democrats. she will not do that this time. even if it passes the house, it will lose in the senate. and they're just doing this to cover their behinds. >> bob, it seems to me that speaker boehner wants to go to president obama and say see that? you can't raise taxes at any level on the country. what do you make of that? >> well, he is just flatly wrong. plan b is bs. it's never going to pass. joan is right. it's a wonderful republican idea. let's protect the people who make say, $998,000 a year. the first reality is by every poll, if we go off the fiscal cliff, they're going to be blamed. the second is the top rate tax rates are going up, whether it's $250,000 or $400,000. maybe people in the republican caucus don't get that. maybe we have to have a communication, earth to the republican caucus. but it's going to happen. it's either going to happen before or after we go off the fiscal cliff. >> so why -- bob, why is boehner just ignoring the rest of the president's offer here? >> because boehner
he said that before, and poor nancy pelosi has to go out and whip democrats. she will not do that this time. even if it passes the house, it will lose in the senate. and they're just doing this to cover their behinds. >> bob, it seems to me that speaker boehner wants to go to president obama and say see that? you can't raise taxes at any level on the country. what do you make of that? >> well, he is just flatly wrong. plan b is bs. it's never going to pass. joan is right. it's a...
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nancy pelosi is trying to push him to make it happen. we'll bring you more details throughout the morning. >>> it was a shocking story. a man pushed to his death at a new york city subway station. the reason a newspaper is under fire because of that incident. >> we're live in palo alto women are being targeted in early morning attacks. we'll tell you why police think the incidents are related. >>> here's a look at san mateo bridge. you can see the rain is finally hit down here. we'll have more wet spots on your roadways coming up. you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con no view, no touch trap snaps to kill instantly. no looking, no touching. d-con. get out. [ girl's voice ] we're gonna have lunch together. what're you having? oh, well, i only have this one, so... that'll do, i'll split it with sally. yea, we'll just share it. [ male announcer ] get your own subway steak melt, like the steak & bacon melt. subway. eat fresh®. saying thanks is a great deals customer appreciation month at subway restaurants. because we're offering
nancy pelosi is trying to push him to make it happen. we'll bring you more details throughout the morning. >>> it was a shocking story. a man pushed to his death at a new york city subway station. the reason a newspaper is under fire because of that incident. >> we're live in palo alto women are being targeted in early morning attacks. we'll tell you why police think the incidents are related. >>> here's a look at san mateo bridge. you can see the rain is finally hit...
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. >> next, speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi on the fiscal cliff negotiations. and live as 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> i think reuters institute is something that is important within the culture. we are a culture of words, voices. words are key to our imagination, our capacity to envision things. we are not completely tied to print on the page in the sense of writing. i think there is no other art forms so readily accessible, other than perhaps film, which we work with, too. it is something -- there is something in literature that catches the human spirit. >> joined book tv, american history tv, and c-span's local content vehicle as we look at the literary life of new york's capital city, albany. sunday at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. >> house speaker john boehner told reporters the white house has wasted another week in negotiations of the fiscal cliff. this is about five minutes. >> good morning. this is not a progress report. there is no progress to report. when it comes to the fiscal cliff that is threateni
. >> next, speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi on the fiscal cliff negotiations. and live as 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> i think reuters institute is something that is important within the culture. we are a culture of words, voices. words are key to our imagination, our capacity to envision things. we are not completely tied to print on the page in the sense of writing. i think there is no other art forms so readily accessible, other...
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nancy pelosi is not relevant. to be fair, there is a big automatic tax increase that happens january 1. john boehner is -- gerri: i don't think all americans have their arms around this situation. what would be the real change when these ax hikes going to affect? >> we are focusing a lot on these rate hikes going on. you are also looking at something that hasn't gotten a lot of attention, which is a slew of obamacare that are hitting on january 1. a lot of others are taxes that are going to get americans when they can least afford it. there a lot of tax increases are going to hit this economy hard. we need to be talking about what we can do. >> be one it looks like we will be in a recession. last night, fox news reported that a republican named mike kelly yelled into a microphone at an emergency meeting on plan b last night. he said really, we can't support our speaker. what is going on here? the big question is will john boehner keep his job? the house will be considered with the speaker should be. you think he w
nancy pelosi is not relevant. to be fair, there is a big automatic tax increase that happens january 1. john boehner is -- gerri: i don't think all americans have their arms around this situation. what would be the real change when these ax hikes going to affect? >> we are focusing a lot on these rate hikes going on. you are also looking at something that hasn't gotten a lot of attention, which is a slew of obamacare that are hitting on january 1. a lot of others are taxes that are going...
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isn't it true that president obama and nancy pelosi have expressed their interest in some kind of cpi, changed cpi, consumer price index in the past? other democrats have as well. so i'm getting the sentence that harry reid and the democrats don't want a deal. they want to go off the cliff. >> well, and that's certainly one opinion that's out there, andrea. the cpi aspect, democrats said, you know, we were willing to do that if you were talking about a huge 4 trillion dollar teal deal where we're going to cut a lot of different things, but as part after smaller deal they're trying to iron out over the course this have weekend, they said that that was a poison pill. so bottom line, they were not happy with this at the last minute. they made it well-known to everybody today to certainly stop it from happening so then we heard from a lot of republicans saying, fine, if it's a deal breaker, we're not going to do it and certainly the republicans would like some other sweeteners that would be appealing to them in the final deal. >> and do people in washington, to they realize how angry a lo
isn't it true that president obama and nancy pelosi have expressed their interest in some kind of cpi, changed cpi, consumer price index in the past? other democrats have as well. so i'm getting the sentence that harry reid and the democrats don't want a deal. they want to go off the cliff. >> well, and that's certainly one opinion that's out there, andrea. the cpi aspect, democrats said, you know, we were willing to do that if you were talking about a huge 4 trillion dollar teal deal...
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. >> there are studies out there, nancy pelosi and senator schumer said, a million plus. if that happens, the economy will move in a president direction. but you have the rhetoric from this president, that we need to stick to the plan. neil: you like this? >> i think that the economy could handle that. anything less would be detrimental. on one hand the fed trying to stimulate the economy this president wants to add 50 billion in stimulus, and he wants to raise taxes to hurt the economy, it does not make sense. neil: market merrilly goes along. and economic numbers, are merrilly going along, are they whistling past the graveyard? >> i think that everyone is forecasting. when there is a time of questionability, people do not really divulge what is happening in the companies, they are hedging, they want to see what is happening. neil: so what is fedex saying and so many others that have been warning, test graphing -- dell graphing that things could get dicey here and abroad, what are they seeing? it is beyond a cliff thing? or we seenings slowing down? or what? >> the globa
. >> there are studies out there, nancy pelosi and senator schumer said, a million plus. if that happens, the economy will move in a president direction. but you have the rhetoric from this president, that we need to stick to the plan. neil: you like this? >> i think that the economy could handle that. anything less would be detrimental. on one hand the fed trying to stimulate the economy this president wants to add 50 billion in stimulus, and he wants to raise taxes to hurt the...
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on the left, minority lead nancy pelosi who took speaker boehner to school yesterday, telling him to figure it out. moments ago, she called on the house gop to stay on the hill and keep working. >> here we are, 18 days from a possible fiscal cliff, hopefully not. 12 days until christmas. and here we are, once again, having a two-day work week, in the congress of the united states. you have to ask the question, why are we going home instead of working very hard to forge an agreement to avoid that fiscal cliff? >> and on the right, republicans who accused the president of wanting to take the plunge in order to achieve his objective number one. >> he'll probably eventually get his tax increases one way or another. he's going to get his wish. i believe we'll be raising taxes not just on the top earner. everyone is going to pay taxes next year in this country and i think that's what the president wants. >> and the center in the balance. the american economy, fed chair ben bernanke warning that the stalemate over the cliff is already inflicting damage. >> it's already affecting business in
on the left, minority lead nancy pelosi who took speaker boehner to school yesterday, telling him to figure it out. moments ago, she called on the house gop to stay on the hill and keep working. >> here we are, 18 days from a possible fiscal cliff, hopefully not. 12 days until christmas. and here we are, once again, having a two-day work week, in the congress of the united states. you have to ask the question, why are we going home instead of working very hard to forge an agreement to...
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today nancy pelosi named mike thompson to lead the new gun violence task force, and he said, quote . . . not exactly the resume of a gun control freak, but thompson knows that gun safety is a good idea and it's one thing that we cannot allow to fade from public consciousness. in his press conference president obama addressed that very issue. >> the idea we would say this is terrible this is tragedy, never again, and we don't have the sustained at attention span to get this done over the next several months doesn't make sense. i have more confidence in the parents that i have been meeting over the last several days all across the country from all political persuasions including a lot of gun owners who say you know what this time we have got to do things differently. >> jennifer: people of all political persuasions have re-examined their gun stance following the tragedigy at sandy hook. several senator and mayors have said they are at least open to reconsidering their positions. whether the promise stands the test of time though is yet to be seen and one man who might be able to help u
today nancy pelosi named mike thompson to lead the new gun violence task force, and he said, quote . . . not exactly the resume of a gun control freak, but thompson knows that gun safety is a good idea and it's one thing that we cannot allow to fade from public consciousness. in his press conference president obama addressed that very issue. >> the idea we would say this is terrible this is tragedy, never again, and we don't have the sustained at attention span to get this done over the...
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pelosi, nobody all americans share our prayers and our grief over these horrifying events and every person is thrust into the quandary with this event. we want to turn to language and distinctly make us human, but words fail us. >> jon: thank you very much, james rosen reporting from d.c. in a situation that involves so much sadness and horror, there's heroism to discuss, we'll be talking to one of the people who was inside and helped save children's lives coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that commitment. and always have. so does aarp, an organization serving the needs of americans 50 and over for generations. so it's no surprise millions have chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help cover some of the expenses medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. to fin
pelosi, nobody all americans share our prayers and our grief over these horrifying events and every person is thrust into the quandary with this event. we want to turn to language and distinctly make us human, but words fail us. >> jon: thank you very much, james rosen reporting from d.c. in a situation that involves so much sadness and horror, there's heroism to discuss, we'll be talking to one of the people who was inside and helped save children's lives coming up. ♪ [ male announcer...
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hillary for 2016, says nancy pelosi. president -- no. president obama put forth a plan, john boehner rejected it t john boehner came up with his own plan called "plan b." and that got washington senator patty murray excited for a while until she realized. >> number 4. >> i actually got really excited when i heard speaker boehner talking about plan b because i thought finally, they have made progress on a women's health issue i have been working on. >> bill: no, senator. john boehner is opposed to most women's health issues, including making sure that plan b or any form of birth control or contraception is available to american women. robert bourke died this week. we remember back to 1987 when his name was first put up at the senate judiciary committee. ted kennedy made clear he was leading the opposition to that nomination. >> number 3, robert bourke's america, there is no room at the inn for blacks and no place in the constitution for women and, in our america, there should be no seat on the supreme court for report bork >> bill: and th
hillary for 2016, says nancy pelosi. president -- no. president obama put forth a plan, john boehner rejected it t john boehner came up with his own plan called "plan b." and that got washington senator patty murray excited for a while until she realized. >> number 4. >> i actually got really excited when i heard speaker boehner talking about plan b because i thought finally, they have made progress on a women's health issue i have been working on. >> bill: no,...
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pelosi played a card of her own. she gave republicans until next tuesday to vote on tax cuts for the middle class. >> if the bill, if there's no announcement of scheduling of the middle income tax cut, which by the way has tremendous support in the republican caucus, i think we would get 100% vote on it if it came to the floor. if it is not scheduled, then on tuesday we will be introducing a discharge petition, which you know if we could get 218 signatures would bring the bill automatically to the floor. >> oh, this is getting good. a discharge petition is a way to bring the bill to the floor for consideration without relying on house leadership. circumventing the speaker john boehner. mccain/feingold was kick started by this discharge position. petitions passed in the house twice before failing in the senate. gun legislation has also been passed thanks to discharge petitions. pelosi found a way to get republicans on the record whether they like it or not. by next week, they will have to take a stand on tax cuts for
pelosi played a card of her own. she gave republicans until next tuesday to vote on tax cuts for the middle class. >> if the bill, if there's no announcement of scheduling of the middle income tax cut, which by the way has tremendous support in the republican caucus, i think we would get 100% vote on it if it came to the floor. if it is not scheduled, then on tuesday we will be introducing a discharge petition, which you know if we could get 218 signatures would bring the bill...
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nancy pelosi talking about a million. the president who ran the campaign, the number 250. the idea that a million versus 250 or 400 means the president is going back on his word, that's not how the american people see when look what was said during the election. that's a waste the argument. >> everybody's tax rate when the he actually cared about the -- also ran on saying he was going to have $s 3 or $2.50 of spending cuts for every dollar of revenue. not doing that. barely a dollar to a dollar and doesn't care about revenue. >> the president made a number of concessions. he's moved from $1.6 trillion down to $1.2 trillion in terms of revenue. up from 250 to 400,000 in terms of income cutoff. moved on corporate taxes. moved on entitlements. the guy made ach lot of concessions. >> put them on the table. >> moved on retirement age. >> no. just said -- >> moved on the c.o.l.a., and -- >> saying he's being flexible does not mean he's being flexible. >> it's gone on entirely too long. republicans want to cut the deficit. the fiscal cliff will do it but in a draconian way. the r
nancy pelosi talking about a million. the president who ran the campaign, the number 250. the idea that a million versus 250 or 400 means the president is going back on his word, that's not how the american people see when look what was said during the election. that's a waste the argument. >> everybody's tax rate when the he actually cared about the -- also ran on saying he was going to have $s 3 or $2.50 of spending cuts for every dollar of revenue. not doing that. barely a dollar to a...
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. -- >> reporter: lawmakers made their own proposals, nancy pelosi and fellow house democrats are calling for the swift passage of a bill which would ban assault magazines. representative mccarthy of new york who lost her husband and merely lost her son to gun violence echoes the president's sentiments now is the time to act. >> this time it is different. you know the time is different because there's so much anger. when you talk to people there's anger behind their voices. why are we allowing this to continue to happen? >> reporter: senator box taking the angle of school safety. she has introduced a new piece of legislation it would allow governors to call on the national guard to help with campus security. >> this could take the form of additional guards at school, as well as capital improvements such as stretch anyone the perimeters of the school and safety procedures itch >> reporter: unsenator boxer's proposal, the federal government would foot the bill. lawmakers are talking about keeping guns out of the hands of mentally ill and requiring background checks at gun shows. nra will ho
. -- >> reporter: lawmakers made their own proposals, nancy pelosi and fellow house democrats are calling for the swift passage of a bill which would ban assault magazines. representative mccarthy of new york who lost her husband and merely lost her son to gun violence echoes the president's sentiments now is the time to act. >> this time it is different. you know the time is different because there's so much anger. when you talk to people there's anger behind their voices. why are...
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president, there in the middle, democrats nancy pelosi and harry reid. republicans mitch mcconnell and john boehner. those four members of congress are expected to make the drive from the capital, which you see on the right, down pennsylvania avenue, to the white house, there on the left. and we expect them to enter through a side door on the west side of the mansion. that's the entrance right there. and they'll meet with the president. in the oval office. beginning, we're told, at 3:00 p.m., less than one hour from now. and just four days ahead of the so-called fiscal cliff. so a very big moment in the nation's capital. and to walk us through what might happen we turn to jessica yellin, a chief white house correspondent. jessica, we said up front, it is a long shot, give us a best case scenario. >> reporter: the best case scenario would be that all the leaders walk out of this meeting and say they have a deal. the two senators say they can bring it to a vote, and none of their members will filibuster it. house speaker john boehner says he will bring it
president, there in the middle, democrats nancy pelosi and harry reid. republicans mitch mcconnell and john boehner. those four members of congress are expected to make the drive from the capital, which you see on the right, down pennsylvania avenue, to the white house, there on the left. and we expect them to enter through a side door on the west side of the mansion. that's the entrance right there. and they'll meet with the president. in the oval office. beginning, we're told, at 3:00 p.m.,...
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if we can figure this out, you know that john boehner and nancy pelosi and the wimps in the chambers are trying to figure it out. the right combination of the income threshold for tax increases with entitlement cuts, we haven't found it. the theory that republicans only want to pass something with the majority, that worked for haster when he was speaker. it's hard to see what kind of tax increase will get a majority of republicans and bring along enough democrats. boehner couldn't pass a million dollar tax increase. why do we think he can get something out of the house if they lower it to 400,000 or 500,000. we are skeptical that they can come together with the solution in the next five or six days. >> marty, we spent a lot of time talking about the house. what is mitch mcconnell thinking in the senate? >> he is a fascinating part of this. first of all, he is probably going to vote against any deal that raises taxes. whether he actively whips against it or lets it go, there is a number of senate republicans who seem open to upper income tax increases. some of the new england moderate
if we can figure this out, you know that john boehner and nancy pelosi and the wimps in the chambers are trying to figure it out. the right combination of the income threshold for tax increases with entitlement cuts, we haven't found it. the theory that republicans only want to pass something with the majority, that worked for haster when he was speaker. it's hard to see what kind of tax increase will get a majority of republicans and bring along enough democrats. boehner couldn't pass a...
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. >> when you ran against pete stark, the entire line from nancy pelosi on down, supported you. >> i've been very impressed to how many have reached out and supported me, to get our office off the ground, to send over resumes of people they thought would be good for our staff. i want to work together because the issues of the 15th congressional district are very similar to the congressional districts throughout the bay area, and we have jobs, transportation, housing, our seniors, they all have the same issues in the bay area, and i've actually worked very closely with my colleagues already about what we're going to do together in the 113th congress to help the folks back at home. >> i wonder if you feel if because they didn't support you that you have a measure of independence that perhaps you wouldn't have had if you had run with their support and they had helped you raise money and that kind of thing. >> we did arrive here on our own. it was a very grassroots local campaign supported by local volunteers and elected officials. but the campaign is over and now folks want us to come back
. >> when you ran against pete stark, the entire line from nancy pelosi on down, supported you. >> i've been very impressed to how many have reached out and supported me, to get our office off the ground, to send over resumes of people they thought would be good for our staff. i want to work together because the issues of the 15th congressional district are very similar to the congressional districts throughout the bay area, and we have jobs, transportation, housing, our seniors,...
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. >> i think nancy pelosi will be key there will be a lot of defections on the republican side, nancy pelosi stays in the house she is a great whip. she has to convince a lot of democrats to vote yes. there are going to be been fit cuts, cuts to entitlement, otherwise republicans are not going to go along with any type of tax increase. >> greta: people make business decisions based on what they predict is going to happen. congress and the president have held us in abeyance for a year and a half on this issue which has stall the economy, people -- while they sit and lay their game and their vacation everything else, they've stalled the impact. >> the idea of all of the bush tax cuts going away, is a serious thing. here again, the president could win, having them all go over, that's an extraordinarily serious event.ss whether republicans take this offer from yesterday, whether they take it personally or they just say well -- >> greta: you think it is posturing to make it a game? >> i think the first offer from the democrats should have been a couple weeks ago. the first offer had to be
. >> i think nancy pelosi will be key there will be a lot of defections on the republican side, nancy pelosi stays in the house she is a great whip. she has to convince a lot of democrats to vote yes. there are going to be been fit cuts, cuts to entitlement, otherwise republicans are not going to go along with any type of tax increase. >> greta: people make business decisions based on what they predict is going to happen. congress and the president have held us in abeyance for a...
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why california representative nancy pelosi and other leaders are not being allowed inside the negotiations. >>> oakland raiders fan fights for his life after falling from the third deck during last nights game. what the police are saying this morning. w
why california representative nancy pelosi and other leaders are not being allowed inside the negotiations. >>> oakland raiders fan fights for his life after falling from the third deck during last nights game. what the police are saying this morning. w
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that was essentially nancy pelosi's plan and speaker john boehner brought it to the floor hoping that since nancy pelosi proposed raising taxes on the so-called millionaire's that we could get enough of votes from the democrats and republicans to pass it. that was his hope. the thing is, that will not solve the problem. host: the big a back to the core issue. it has increased $4 trillion under this president. it has also increased under george to be bush and republican congress because medicare pardee was not paid for, the oars were not paid for. is it not both parties to sit, we are at fault. we need to come together and cut spending and we need to raise taxes in some areas because we have not done it for 12 years? guest: it is both parties fall. i have said that publicly. in the past six years since nancy pelosi became speaker of the house, we have nearly doubled the federal debt. president obama has increased it over $4 trillion. that is the problem. it is spending. it is not that we are taxing too little, it is we are spending too much. host: does it not go back to the temporary t
that was essentially nancy pelosi's plan and speaker john boehner brought it to the floor hoping that since nancy pelosi proposed raising taxes on the so-called millionaire's that we could get enough of votes from the democrats and republicans to pass it. that was his hope. the thing is, that will not solve the problem. host: the big a back to the core issue. it has increased $4 trillion under this president. it has also increased under george to be bush and republican congress because medicare...
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by the way, i would give some advice to speaker boehner, he needs to talk to nancy pelosi. when nancy pelosi was speaker, she found a way even with maximum republican opposition to bring her diverse caucus. that is a caucus with diverse views together to get things done like the affordable care act. like dodd frank. she got it done. >> that's great advice, and we hope he listens. >> i hope so. >> thank you so much, my friend. >> my pleasure. >>> let's turn to ryan grim. mr. grim, the jobless are really the only segment of the population who get an immediate hit if we go over the fiscal cliff. doesn't this strike even what appears to be heartless politicians that the people most vulnerable are working class and working poor and middle class people who will get stiffed by this? >> yeah, the jobless have been getting pushed around by congress for years now, you know, ever since the economic crisis. and they implemented some extended emergency benefits they've been getting told that if they give them unemployment it will make them lazy and they will not look for jobs. states ha
by the way, i would give some advice to speaker boehner, he needs to talk to nancy pelosi. when nancy pelosi was speaker, she found a way even with maximum republican opposition to bring her diverse caucus. that is a caucus with diverse views together to get things done like the affordable care act. like dodd frank. she got it done. >> that's great advice, and we hope he listens. >> i hope so. >> thank you so much, my friend. >> my pleasure. >>> let's turn to...
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nancy pelosi was put in as speaker. they passed obama care and all of this other stuff on the nation. but then in 2010 those moderate democrats or conservative democrats were defeated by conservative republicans who ran as pro life, pro marriage and smaller government and less taxes and that we have now the most conservative house of representatives in modern history. those issues win when they come from the heart as you have shown and then you can talk about them. the problem is we've got some republicans that only want to talk about these things at election time only to check the boxes and not because it eminates from the heart. >> it is going to be an interesting time to watch and see if the message continues to permeate in the leadership of the party. you are right. if it does, and the pro life and pro family voters who are by the way always fiscal conservatives, if they have no where else to go , they will either create a third party movement, they will become independent and support possibly even conservative demo
nancy pelosi was put in as speaker. they passed obama care and all of this other stuff on the nation. but then in 2010 those moderate democrats or conservative democrats were defeated by conservative republicans who ran as pro life, pro marriage and smaller government and less taxes and that we have now the most conservative house of representatives in modern history. those issues win when they come from the heart as you have shown and then you can talk about them. the problem is we've got some...
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after the meeting, house democrat leader nancy pelosi told us she'sa at least a little encouraged. >> it was constructive. as i say, candor is constructive, and i think it moved us forward, but we'll see. >> reporter: it was the first meeting with the president and all the congressional leaders in six weeks. it follows an impasse that has shaken wall street, the dow down more than 400 points since talks stalled last week. and on main street, business owners like drew greenblatt, who owns a wire basket manufacturing company in baltimore, say the coming fiscal cliff is already causing pain because they just don't know what will happen to their taxes. >> right now we're doing our budget. we're deciding how many people we're hiring next year. we're figuring out how many robots and machines we'll invest. >> reporter: and across the country all the political bickering had people outraged with washington. >> i can't believe we've gotten this close. >> time for them to turn in their term paper. >> the parties are trying to outdo each other. >> sit down, don't come out of the room until you ha
after the meeting, house democrat leader nancy pelosi told us she'sa at least a little encouraged. >> it was constructive. as i say, candor is constructive, and i think it moved us forward, but we'll see. >> reporter: it was the first meeting with the president and all the congressional leaders in six weeks. it follows an impasse that has shaken wall street, the dow down more than 400 points since talks stalled last week. and on main street, business owners like drew greenblatt, who...
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. >> president obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to the white house this afternoon for a fiscal cliff summit. >> here we are five days from the new year, and we might finally start talking. >> today's white house meeting might be the last chance to come to an agreement. that's because it takes time for a bill to work its way through both chamber of commerce. >> i don't know time wise how it can happen now. >> under senate rules, the only way a bill could make its way through the procedural hurdles in time is if every senator agrees not to. they'll have 24 hours. outside the beltway, carlino will be watching. >> everyone is kind of in a wait-and-see and fingers-crossed per expect tichb right now. >> since 1930 this is only the fifth time congress has worked after christmas. and today's summit is the first time president obama has met face to face with congressional leaders since mid-november. duarte, tick tock. >> thank you. >>> general schwarzkopf is being remembered this morning as a great hero and tactician. as teresa garcia the general died y
. >> president obama has invited nancy pelosi, john boehner, mitch mcconnell, and harry reid to the white house this afternoon for a fiscal cliff summit. >> here we are five days from the new year, and we might finally start talking. >> today's white house meeting might be the last chance to come to an agreement. that's because it takes time for a bill to work its way through both chamber of commerce. >> i don't know time wise how it can happen now. >> under senate...